- Date
- August 8, 1987, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- St Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3891PBurkholder Q-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870808043179A
- Case key
- 34260
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Drg takeoff, the eng began to run rough at an estd alt of 50 to 100 ft AGL & would not developed enough power to maint flt. Subsequently, as the plt was lndg in a soybean field, the acft flipped over & came to rest in an upright attitude. A teardown of the eng revealed the push rod for the left forward exhaust valve had become disengaged (mis- aligned) from its respective rocker arm socket, allowing the exhaust valve to remain in the closed position. The revmaster/vw eng had a total flt time of 76.5 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3891P
- Reported as
- Burkholder Q-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2163
- Airframe hours
- 77
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J. William Burkholder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 1, 1986 · 77 hours before
- Destination
- CPS · Cahokia, IL
- Airport
- 35Z · St Charles Co, runway 18, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 77 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.